Billionaire marries 5th wife at 94

You can never be too old to find love, at least not for the fifth time. And at least not if you’re a billionaire.

This week, nonagenerian Austrian mogul Karl Wlaschek will wed his fifth bride, Rikki Schenk (who declines to give her age). Wlaschek made his $4.7 billion fortune by founding supermarket chain Billa and building a real estate empire.

So far, he has sired four children – one from each of his previous marriages — and has joked that he wants more. “I would say another five or six children, at the very least,” Wlaschek told the Vienna Times. His fiancée isn’t so sure, however. “After all, I am not so young any more,” she said. Both are widowed from their previous spouses.

Immediately, everyone who has read this  is thinking “gold digger”.

We’ll never know if that’s the motivation behind the marriage. Only the two people involved will ever know the truth behind the nuptials. If it is legitimate, and two people from very different generations are in love, then they will be faced with a lifetime (however short) of cynical comments and snarky remarks.

Chances are, however, that Friederike ‘Ricki’ Schenk, the female partner in this duo, is just going to put up with a few years of cringe-worthy sex before her husband kicks the bucket and she inherits his money. You’re probably nodding your head in agreement, your eyes narrowed like we’ve just uncovered some secret plot to ruin the world.

By billionaire standards, Wlaschek is no outlier. American business magnate Ron Perelman has already racked up five wives at age 69, having recently remarried after an acrimonious divorce from his fourth spouse, actress Ellen Barkin, in 2006. Billionaires in the second-tier four-wives club include Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, and Saudi royal Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal.

Suspected cultists murder Final year Medical student in UNIBEN

Students of the University of Benin yesterday protested the killing of a final year medical student of the institution by unknown persons.


The slain student, simply identitied as Abubarkar, was said to have been stabbed on the neck by his attackers at about 9pm on Senior Staff Quarters Road on Ugbowo campus of the university.

The students, who protested the killing of their colleague, said security operatives in the main campus were not doing much to protect them.

The late Abubarkar, was said to have died at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where he was rushed to.
When contacted, the university spokesman, Mr Harris Osarenren, confirmed the incident, adding that the killing had been formally reported at the Ugbowo Police Station. He said investigation was on going to unravel those behind the killing.

State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olayinka Balogun, confirmed that the killing took place on the campus, adding that the police was investigating the killing.

Nigerian-born traffic warden working in the UK fired for exposing his boss

A Nigerian-born traffic warden was forced out of his job after exposing that illegal immigrants were issuing parking tickets on the streets of London, a tribunal has heard.

Michael Onumajuru, 49, claimed that his boss at NSL - which operates parking enforcement for Camden Council - was at the centre of a racket in which Nigerian migrants used fake passports to gain work.

But when he challenged his managers he was transferred to a different base and then dismissed after almost three years on the job.

Mr Onumajuru told the hearing it was his boss, operational support manager Adebowale Onadeko, who was 'at the centre of the illegal working', and around 40 per cent of the wardens were employed unlawfully.

At one point, he was even ordered by supervisors to 'concentrate on issuing tickets and not worry about illegal workers', he said.

In his witness statement to Central London Employment Tribunal, Mr Onumajuru said: 'Shortly after commencing employment in July 2008 it came to my attention that the respondent was employing illegal workers.

'Whilst I was training with other members of staff they told me that they were using fake documents to work and that the respondent was aware of the situation.

'I informed them that I was shocked to hear that the respondent was aware of their status and still took them on as employees.'

The workers reported the conversation to NSL, he said, and afterwards he was 'not allowed to work with those particular employees'.

He confronted Mr Onadeko about the situation, he said, complaining that a criminal offence was being committed and that matters were 'deliberately concealed from the authorities'.

Racket: Mr Onmajuru claims around 40 per cent of the NSL wardens were employed illegally


He said he made three protected disclosures, he said, the first to Mr Onadeko in July 2008, again in March 2009 and November 2010.

The tribunal heard he informed Mr Onadeko of three employees working with false passports, including one who admitted to him he had acquired his ID from someone in Peckham and it had been manufactured at a fake passport factory.

He was subsequently subjected to abuse from the staff he had reported, he added, and complained to the HR team of the 'bullying and harassment' he had received from Mr Onadeko.

But the following day, Mr Onadeko told him the woman in HR was junior to him and 'nothing would happen'.

At a later date, he was called into a meeting with Mr Onadeko and another manager. Mr Onumajuru said: '[They] advised me that they could not accept the low rate of tickets that I was issuing and that I should concentrate on issuing tickets and not worry about illegal workers'.

I understood this to be a direct threat to me,' he added.

In mid-2011, he wrote a letter to managers complaining of 'corrupt activity' carried out by illegal workers and, he claims, it was this that led to his dismissal.

He said: 'Solicitors acting on my behalf have attempted to obtain by way of discovery details of the identity checks that the respondent carried out and the numbers who have been found to have been working with false identity.

Contractor: Mr Onumajuru's former employers NSL were responsible for enforcing parking regulations for Camden Council, London

'At the time of preparing this statement the respondents had refused to provide that information.

'I contend that if disclosed it would show that Mr Onadeko was at the centre of the illegal working and it was he who was behind the moves that led to my dismissal.'

Today Paolo Orezzi, NSL contract manager for Ealing, who chaired the appeal against Mr Onumajuru’s dismissal, admitted: 'Historically there have been immigration issues within the parking industry. I joined in 2008 and at the time it was rife. We have now taken steps within the company to make sure we don’t have any immigration issues.'

Asked by Ben Ojuntala, representing Mr Onumajuru, whether he agreed he was 'wrongfully confident' in the checks carried out, he replied: 'I was confident at the time.'

Mr Onumajuru is claiming breach of contract, public interest disclosure and unfair dismissal. The respondent denies the claims.

‘I was sexually abused as a child’ – Vanessa Williams

By Osagie Alonge
Culled from THE NET

Williams at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards Nomination announcement, Jan 2012

US pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model and actress, Vanessa Williams has revealed that she was sexually abused as a 10-year-old girl.

Williams who’s now 49 revealed the shocking news in her new book ‘You Have No Idea’ and believes the experience which she describes as ‘traumatizing’ might have caused her to be ‘highly sexualized’ at a very young age.

‘It happened one night where she told me, ‘come over here,’ I didn’t know that it was wrong, but I knew that it wasn’t right because I wasn’t supposed to tell anybody’, Williams narrated her experience.

‘I think I was highly sexualized because I was in fifth grade and I had this experience. Because it feels good, you’re like, OK, well this is supposed to be normal. That’s not normal for a 10-year-old to be seduced’.

The mother of four also reveals in her book that ‘she had an abortion during her high school years … but kept it a secret from everyone, including her mother, because she was scared’.

Williams has been married twice – to her former manager Ramon Hervey II, from 1987 to 1997 and former NBA basketball player Rick Fox from 1999 to 2004

Professor In Trouble For Showing Hardcore Porn In Class To Teach Advanced Sexual Techniques

Fresno State University public health professor Peggy Gish had to defend her curriculum when one of her students complained earlier this week that she showed a 20-minute pornographic film in class.

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Called “Advanced Sexual Techniques, Volume One” the video contained both sexually explicit audio and graphic video. The complaint came as a surprise to administrators considering Giff’s course was about human sexuality.

A statement sent to The Huffington Post from Andrew Hoff, dean of Fresno State’s College of Health and Human Services, defends Gish and explained the 20-minute video segment was an element of a three-unit, semester-long Introduction to Human Sexuality general education course. The class explores “physiological, psychological, social, cultural and developmental considerations for life-long understanding related to sexuality,” he said.

“It is not a required course. Students who take the course are advised, in advance, that they may find some content objectionable and that they may opt out at their discretion,” said Hoff in the statement. “Since material is provided in a variety of formats, students have the opportunity to gain course content for assignments and exams without being required to view material they may find objectionable.”

Gish’s Ratemyprofessor.com profile includes about 20 reviews with high ratings in each category.

An online synopsis of the video advertises, “Attractive real life couples explicitly demonstrate adventurous new techniques. Discover uninhibited positions that lead to pleasure, satisfaction, and closeness for a lifetime.”

However, Hoff writes the video wasn’t pornography.

Toddler survives at least 3 days alone after mom dies

An Australian toddler is believed to have spent days alone with her dead mother's body in their house.

The dehydrated two-year-old was discovered by a local priest who helped a concerned neighbor gain access to the house in suburban Wagga Wagga, 286 miles southwest of Sydney, at 3:13 p.m. local time Friday, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph reported.

The body of the mother, who has not been named, was also inside the home. The Telegraph said she was aged 36, while local newspaper, The Daily Advertiser, said she was 33.

Ambulance officers treated the girl and she was taken to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital in serious condition.

It was not immediately clear how many days the toddler had been home alone before neighbors alerted police. It was believed she had been in the house for at least three days, the Telegraph reported.

Riverina Ambulance Inspector Eamonn Purcell said, "She was quite lethargic and pale. She wasn't saying much, she wasn't displaying much emotion."

He said she was dehydrated but her blood sugar levels were good.

"It was not long after Easter so she probably had some chocolate eggs that she was eating," Purcell said, adding there were "a lot of unknowns" in the case.

He said paramedics were unsure how long the girl had been left alone, but some neighbors suggested her mother died up to five days before she was found.

A local resident, Kim Beaumont, told the Advertiser that she had seen the mother hanging washing on her clothes line three days before the discovery.

It is understood the child has been discharged from hospital and is now in the care of family, the Telegraph reported.

Church of Christ Pastor Ross Brinkman said the woman was a much loved member of the church and she and her daughter lived alone in the house.

"I received a phone call from one of our parishioners alerting me that she had not turned up to events," Brinkman said. "I went around to investigate and that's when we made the discovery."

Brinkman said the woman's daughter would be well cared for within the community.

Nicki Minaj Addresses Lady Gaga Comparisons: "We Are In Completely Different Lanes"

Enough with the Lady Gaga comparisons already. Nicki Minaj is setting the record straight.

Last night the rapper sat down with Juju Chang on ABC’s “Nightline,” where she was asked whether she takes offense to all the Mama Monster comparisons.

“Offend me? No. Irks me? Yeah, because we are in completely different lanes,” Nicki responded.

She continued, “First of all, I’m a rapper. First of all, I’m from Southside Jamaica, Queens, and I could say some really crazy lyrics right now, but I won’t.”

Nicki then flipped the script on Chang by asking what parallels she sees between the two artists.

“The wigs,” Chang pointed out. “The over-the-top costumes.”

“Every female in this game wears wigs,” Nicki retorted. “Over the top costumes? Eeh, try again.”